thrust
noun
1. the force used in pushing
- the thrust of the jet engines
Similar word(s): push
Definition categories: phenomenon, force
2. a strong blow with a knife or other sharp pointed instrument
Similar word(s): stab
Definition categories: act, blow
3. the act of applying force to propel something
Similar word(s): drive
Definition categories: act, actuation, propulsion
4. verbal criticism
- he enlivened his editorials with barbed thrusts at politicians
Definition categories: communication, criticism
5. a sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow)
- he made a thrusting motion with his fist
Similar word(s): jab, jabbing, poke, poking, thrusting
Definition categories: act, gesture
Sentences with thrust as a noun:
- Pierre was a master swordsman, and could parry the thrusts of lesser men with barely a thought.
- The cutpurse tried to knock her satchel from her hands, but she avoided his thrust and yelled, "Thief!"
- Spacecraft are engineering marvels, designed to resist the thrust of liftoff, as well as the reverse pressure of the void.
- Ostensibly, the class was about public health in general, but the main thrust was really fitness.
verb
1. push forcefully
- He thrust his chin forward
Definition categories: motion, force, push
2. press or force
- She thrust the letter into his hand
Similar word(s): shove, squeeze, stuff
Definition categories: motion, force, push
3. make a thrusting forward movement
Similar word(s): hurl, hurtle, lunge
Definition categories: motion, move
4. impose urgently, importunately, or inexorably
Similar word(s): force
Definition categories: communication, compel, obligate, oblige
5. penetrate or cut through with a sharp instrument
Similar word(s): pierce
Definition categories: contact, penetrate, perforate
6. force (molten rock) into pre-existing rock
Definition categories: stative
7. push upward
- The front of the trains that had collided head-on thrust up into the air
Definition categories: stative, jut, project, protrude
8. place or put with great energy
- thrust the money in the hands of the beggar
Similar word(s): throw
Definition categories: contact, lay, place, pose, position, put, set
Sentences with thrust as a verb:
- We thrust at the enemy with our forces.
- I asked her not to thrust the responsibility on me.
- He thrust his arm into the icy stream and grabbed a wriggling fish, astounding the observers.
- to thrust anything with the hand or foot, or with an instrument